Newcastle, Pudding Chare, Medieval vessel and well

HER Number:
6524

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Pudding Chare, Medieval vessel and well

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Container

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Vessel

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C12

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
In 1892 during excavations in Pudding Chare, a medieval green glazed earthenware ewer-shaped vessel with a handle (13.5 inches high, 4.75 inches in diameter at mouth and 6.75 inches at the base) was found. It was embedded in 10 feetof solid clay on the north-east side of Pudding Chare, surrounded by oak stakes 6 inches apart, which appear to have been there to protect it. It was said to be a vessel of Norman or transitional period. The remains of a brick lined well were found in the same vicinity. Matthew Mackey Jr donated the vessel to the Society of Antiquaries in 1892.

Easting:
247

Northing:
640

Grid Reference:
NZ247640

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, (2), V, (1892), pp 134-5